Local vet hopes GPS technology can help prevent crime

NASA'S TECHNOLOGY ENDS UP

BENEFITING US ONETH.

>> THAT'S THE CASE WITH THE

NEXT STORY.

COMBINING TECHNOLOGY WITH HER

IDEAS AND SUPPORT FROM NORTH

CAROLINA STATE AND A LOCAL

TECHNOLOGY GIANT, TO DEVELOP A

PIECE OF JEWELRY THAT CAN

PROTECT YOU FROM AN ATTACKER.

AMANDA LAMB IS HERE TO EXPLAIN.

>> A LOT OF US HAVE HOME

ALARMS.

CJ TOOK THE IDEA ANOTHER STEP

FURTHER, AND CREATED PERSONAL

ALARMS FOR WOMEN WHO MIGHT BE

IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY ARE

CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.

IT'S GOING LOOK LIKE A PIECE OF

JEWELRY.

SOMETHING ABOUT THE SIZE OF

THIS RING.

BEHIND THE FACADE WILL BE A

DEVICE CAPABLE OF SAVING LIVES.

>> Reporter: FORMER MARINE IS A

STRONG WOMAN, IT ISN'T JUST HER

SERVICE TO HER COUNTRY THAT

MADE HER THIS WAY.

>> WHEN I WAS A 19 I WAS A

VICTIM OF RAIN.

I SPENT 20 YEARS THINKING LIKE

A VICTIM, ACTING LIKE A VICTIM

BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.

>> Reporter: WITH THE HELP OF

NC STATE AND THE RESEARCH

TRIANGLE INSTITUTE, SCARLET

DEVELOPED A VOICED ACTIVATED

DEVICE THAT LOOKS LIKE A LAPEL

PIN AND USES A GPS TO ALERT

POLICE IF A WOMAN IS BEING

ATTACKED.

>> I THEN TOOK MY POWER BACK

AND BECAME AN ADVOCATE FOR

OTHERS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF

CRIME.

>> Reporter: A DRAMATIZATION

FOR THE TIGER EYE SECURITY

SENSOR, IT ALSO RECORDS AUDIO

AND VIDEO OF THE ENCOUNTER.

>> WHEN YOU CALL OUT IT HELP,

STOP, DON'T, RAIN, WHATEVER YOU

CALL OUT, IT'S GOING TO

RECOGNIZE A HIGH STRESS IN YOUR

VOICE.

>> Reporter: THE DEVICE IS

GOING TO BE PLACED IN PIECES OF

JEWELRY.

SOMETHING SUBTLE AS THIS

NECKLACE.

EXAMPLE OF A PLACE IT MIGHT BE

USED ON A REMOTE JOGGING TRAIL.

>> DO YOU THINK IT'S THE KIND

OF THING THAT WOULD MAKE YOU

FEEL SECURE?

>> DEFINITELY.

DEFINITELY.

ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M WALKING BY

MYSELF WITHOUT A PARTNER, I

THINK IT WILL BE.

ANY PLACE WHERE A WOMAN DOESN'T

FEEL SAFE WHICH IS PRACTICALLY

ANYWHERE NOW.

>> SHE BELIEVES THE DEVICE WILL

BE USEFUL FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS.

>> THAT'S BENEFICIAL TO WOMEN,

WALKING BACK TO THE LIBRARY OR

FRIEND'S DORM WHEN IT IS LATE

AND DON'T HAVE AS MUCH

PROTECTION AS YOU WOULD LIKE.

>> SCARLET DEVELOPED A PROGRAM

CALLED PEN FOR HUMANITY.

THE GOAL IS TO COME UP WITH TEN

SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE

IN OUR SOCIETY.

THIS IS THE FIRST IDEA AND

HOPES TO HAVE IT IN THE MARKET

IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR

AND EXPECTS IT WILL BE COST 100-

$125.

>> WHAT AN AMAZING INVENTION,

THANK YOU.

>> A GREAT IDEA.